Beers

[grgcmnng]

It would be great if Wild Beer company were there. I'm considering taking a couple of cans of the Human and Unhuman Cannonball from Magic Rock, as they're nice and strong and should be tasty a bit warmer too.

[balti-pie]

Unhuman cannonball at the festival! Jeez, that's opulent, it's six quid a can! Isn't it 11%? You'll be dead by sunset! 

 

Fair play to ya 

[Cooter]

On 4/19/2017 at 8:15 AM, stuartbert two hats said:

Do it. It won't be as unpleasant as you remember. It might not be nice, of course, but at least get one to try out.

 

Yea tempted myself too, but isn't there a slight risk of coming home after the festival and drinking special brew every day for the rest of your life while hanging about outside the local post office.

Also, thanks stu for the offer of help on the ticket earlier.

[stuartbert two hats]

10 minutes ago, Cooter said:

 

Yea tempted myself too, but isn't there a slight risk of coming home after the festival and drinking special brew every day for the rest of your life while hanging about outside the local post office.

Also, thanks stu for the offer of help on the ticket earlier.

Sounds glorious!

[Brave Sir Robin]

4 minutes ago, grgcmnng said:

It would be great if Wild Beer company were there. I'm considering taking a couple of cans of the Human and Unhuman Cannonball from Magic Rock, as they're nice and strong and should be tasty a bit warmer too.

That's tough talk. I brought a couple of standard issue Cannonballs last year, along with a few other 6/7% IPAs.... sticking strictly to session strength ales this year!!

[Memory Man]

Ooh all this talk of magic rock, i will have to supplement my stash with a dark arts or two! what a beer. Wine rack sells them for £1.89 a can so thats not too bad for a few to supplement the golden hen's 

[hurdy]

12 hours ago, Brave Sir Robin said:

Grimbergen has definitely been there for a couple of years, quick Google says they had 'Swedish craft beers' in 2015 too.

I'm adamant I had a few Swedish pilsner style beers there on Thursday evening last year. Pretty good too. 

[Brave Sir Robin]

12 minutes ago, hurdy said:

I'm adamant I had a few Swedish pilsner style beers there on Thursday evening last year. Pretty good too. 

Yeah I think they kept the Swedish beers on. Certainly had one or two interesting brews beyond Grimbergen.

[pastorofmuppets]

The West Country has some amazing breweries, aside from the already mentioned Wild Beer, Moor and Wiper & True there's also Arbor in Bristol and Deya in Cheltenham. Seems a real shame not to have at least one of them at the festival.

Having said that, I've just had a Beavertown Bloody 'Ell and I think that would probably be my perfect festival beer. I'm tempted to buy a load from their site but I don't trust myself not to drink it all in a week!

[shoptildrop]

On 18/04/2017 at 6:59 PM, Perks said:

Desperadoes. Taste good still warm, get you nice and rattled too.

I to this day don't know how anyone drinks this stuff??!!!!! 

Tequila flavoured beer is just wrong 

[shoptildrop]

On 18/04/2017 at 8:49 PM, stuartbert two hats said:

Yeah. And to add insult to injury, there's Wally's Bar, that sells decent stuff, but is a crew only bar. Very annoying that it's so widely publicised, but you can't get in if you paid for your ticket.

Why did they change that as you could go in 2013 but seemed to change rules following year... it's an awesome bar

[stuartbert two hats]

5 minutes ago, shoptildrop said:

I to this day don't know how anyone drinks this stuff??!!!!! 

Tequila flavoured beer is just wrong 

Agreed. Not keen at all.

[shoptildrop]

On 19/04/2017 at 0:49 PM, Memory Man said:

its not a beer place though is it. Its cider country! Its great to drink cider at the festival as its something a little different, and mostly very enjoyable. Plus if you want specialist beer you can just bring your own with you.

Also bear in mind that the big contract with Tuborg or whatever crap lager they serve will severely limit what else is available. The cornish arms is a one location small player. Beat Hotel has San Miguel, one location. Then there is the real ale bar and the ales on the main bars coming directly from the cask (with no handpump, which is an awful dispensing method).

If you want a beer festival, attend one?

More bars sell San migel you know, Cornish arms and theatre bar for a start

[shoptildrop]

I brought Fursty ferret, brewdog dead pony and lime & kiwi cider selection.... along with JD and rum for late night spirits

Had box of rose at tent too (would die if drank wine all day)

[stuartbert two hats]

25 minutes ago, shoptildrop said:

Why did they change that as you could go in 2013 but seemed to change rules following year... it's an awesome bar

I even watched a video of it getting built last year, looked at the drinks list and got excited.

Then realised it was for crew. Ah bollocks.

[glasto-worker]

3 hours ago, stuartbert two hats said:

I even watched a video of it getting built last year, looked at the drinks list and got excited.

Then realised it was for crew. Ah bollocks.

I have never made it as my crew site is at the end of the old railway track so its a long walk just for a drink.

http://www.wallysbar.co.uk/

Edited April 21, 2017 by glasto-worker

[Deadendfriends8]

13 hours ago, musky said:

Glad I'm right about something!

I'm not normally a wine drinker, but it's too much hassle trying to keep beers cool and they weigh too much to take on public transport. I'd take spirits, but I'm completely unable to regulate my alcohol intake with it. The first thing I find out about getting pissed is that my legs are unable to function.

I know! Boxes of red wine are the way at Glasto.

AND yes you're right. Its impossible to track until you realise you've had a whole box of wine and you cant move!

[cammie81]

14 hours ago, grgcmnng said:

I'm considering taking a couple of cans of the Human and Unhuman Cannonball from Magic Rock, as they're nice and strong and should be tasty a bit warmer too.

How many did you get? Was only able to buy one of each in the Glasgow beer shops I visited. Wouldn't waste the ones I have left for a festival though.

[Tartan_Glasto]

11 hours ago, shoptildrop said:

I to this day don't know how anyone drinks this stuff??!!!!! 

Tequila flavoured beer is just wrong 

I love a Desperado, but unsure of drinking one warm. I tend to stick to vodka and coke. I make it as strong as I can (while still being able to enjoy it) so that I get maximum alcohol with minimum toilet breaks.

[annax]

So Tuborg might not be great...however you have to remember what it replaced. 

Before Tuborg it was Carlsberg (with the occasional bar selling Export). Before that, in the days of The Crown, it was Budweiser which we all know is not "The King of Beers", but "The Prince of Piss" (see the film 'Shopping' with a very young Jude Law and Sadie Frost).

Anyway, at The Forum in Kentish Town this week (along with Brixton Academy a few weeks back), Tuborg is very much the house lager...with the odd cheeky pump of San Miguel if you hunt it down...

Edited April 21, 2017 by annax
Capitals, quote marks

[stuartbert two hats]

6 minutes ago, annax said:

So Tuborg might not be great...however you have to remember what it replaced. 

Before Tuborg it was Carlsberg (with the occasional bar selling Export). Before that, in the days of The Crown, it was Budweiser which we all know is not "The King of Beers", but "The Prince of Piss" (see the film 'Shopping' with a very young Jude Law and Sadie Frost).

Anyway, at The Forum in Kentish Town this week (along with Brixton Academy a few weeks back), Tuborg is very much the house lager...with the odd cheeky pump of San Miguel if you hunt it down...

Carlsberg Export was pretty widely available for a while from what I remember.  I think I vaguely remember @glasto-worker saying it was phased out because it didn't sell very well?  Although the chances are I made that up!

[annax]

1 minute ago, stuartbert two hats said:

Carlsberg Export was pretty widely available for a while from what I remember.  I think I vaguely remember @glasto-worker saying it was phased out because it didn't sell very well?  Although the chances are I made that up!

Perhaps people didn't like the 20/30/40p premium or simply didn't know...

[stuartbert two hats]

Just now, annax said:

Perhaps people didn't like the 20/30/40p premium or simply didn't know...

I dunno, maybe they were trying to pace themselves???

 

 

 

Doesn't sound likely.

[Deaf Nobby Burton]

11 hours ago, shoptildrop said:

I to this day don't know how anyone drinks this stuff??!!!!! 

Tequila flavoured beer is just wrong 

Yep, vile stuff. I don't think I could think of anything worse for a festival session beer. Whenever I've had a just a few of them it's given me the mother of all headaches then next day.

[Eks101]

San Miguel is another beer from the Carlsberg stable, so I'd imagine it will just be the company allowing mixing their beers across different bars.

A couple of things to note about small breweries - most of them will only produce the amount of beer they know they can sell, and their breweries are geared up to this level of production (staff, materials, equipment, casks/kegs).  Many of them will run at 100% capacity.  To expect one of them to run a fully stocked bar at Glastonbury would mean they would likely have to divert their entire operation (during one of their busies times - beer festival season) to the festival and all the logistics around doing this. The net result would probably mean a lot of effort for not much profit than they would ordinarily make supplying bars/bottle shops, who would now be miffed because the brewery they supported all year chose to to prioritize a festival over them.

I'm not saying it can't be done, but it is a stretch and I'd imagine would need to be done as a generic craft beer bar with multiple breweries involved.  At that point I could see Carlsberg kicking off and putting beer supply of the entire rest of the site at risk.